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Nov 20, 2023 · While it’s true that the French leader’s countless letters to Joséphine overflow with intense declarations of infatuated love, their relationship was marred by frequent adultery and their marriage...
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Nov 30, 2023 · The movie goes deep into their love story: his letters, her affairs, his affairs, and ultimately their very strange divorce ceremony, necessary because Josephine — six years older than Napoleon —...
Mar 1, 2024 · A depiction of Napoleon, right, revealing his intention to divorce Empress Josephine in 1809. Once Napoleon was crowned emperor in 1804, he also grew more impatient with her infertility.
Dec 12, 2009 · Matters came to a head at the end of November 1809 at the Tuileries in Paris when Napoleon at last told Josephine that he was going to divorce her. Her shrieks could be heard all over the palace; she collapsed on the floor and Napoleon and another man had to carry her to her apartments.
Joséphine caught Napoleon in the bedroom of her lady-in-waiting, Élisabeth de Vaudey, and Napoleon threatened to divorce her as she had not produced an heir since he felt pressured from his family to do so. Eventually, however, through the efforts of her daughter Hortense, the two were reconciled.
Nov 21, 2023 · The divorce was framed as a sacrifice to the needs of the nation. Napoleon continued to visit Josephine and write to her before his marriage to the Hapsburg Archduchess Marie-Louise...
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Nov 15, 2023 · Napoleon did not follow through with divorce but instead forgave Joséphine, albeit not without self-interest: Having a family bolstered his political power, and his wife’s diplomatic skills...
